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Canvas Integration Guide Updated February 14July 22, 20202021
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Contents
Introduction
Links to SoftChalk FAQs, System Specs and Guides
SoftChalk Cloud
Volume Purchase or Purchase Order
Enterprise SoftChalk Cloud
Individual Purchase on the SoftChalk Cloud Website
Trial SoftChalk Cloud Account
SoftChalk Lessons in Canvas
SoftChalk Canvas Integration Guide Web Link
SoftChalk Cloud Users
Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)
ScoreCenter Overview
Class Average
Basic Procedures
Scored Lesson Using SoftChalk Selector
Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts
Preview the Lesson
View or Change Scores
Complete All Attempts for All Students for a Lesson
Essays
View Grades from LTI Lessons in the Canvas Gradebook
Non Scored Lessons (Cloud Users)
Edit a SoftChalk Cloud Lesson
Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons
Canvas Administrator
Desktop Users
Scored Lessons (Desktop Users)
Print or Email Scores
SCORM
Add the SCORM tool to your course navigation
Use the SCORM tool
Non Scored Lessons (Desktop Users)
In SoftChalk Create: Package a Lesson
In Canvas: Upload a Zip File
Edit a Lesson NOT Saved to SoftChalk Cloud
Help
Copyright Information

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Introduction

This guide covers linking to or uploading your SoftChalk lessons into the Canvas learning management system.

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Links to SoftChalk FAQs, System Specs and Guides

For your instructors, you may want to post the URLs for our guides (see below). As we update the guides, the URLs will remain the same.

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This guide has step by step instructions for linking to or uploading your SoftChalk lessons into Canvas. Please note that scores from SoftChalk lessons can go into your Canvas gradebook.
https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/121995266/lms_canvas.pdf?api=v2

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This Student Guide includes a Troubleshooting section.
https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/200114368/studentguide.pdf?api=v2

SoftChalk Creat

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SofChalk Create is SoftChalk's content authoring program. It is available in both a web launch version (as part of a SoftChalk Cloud Account - see the section SoftChalk Cloud) and in a desktop version.
https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/129532299/createguide.pdf?api=v2

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SoftChalk Cloud is an award-winning, multi-function platform that combines a learning object repository, content authoring and hosting and management features. https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/129404604/cloudguide.pdf?api=v2

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  • Link to your content in many places.
  • Search for content in SoftChalk Share (SoftChalk Cloud's public content repository) and add it directly to your lessons. You can modify the content you find with a SoftChalk Cloud account.
  • Collaborate with other instructors on SoftChalk lessons. For more details, see the section Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons in the SoftChalk
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  • Collect scores using the SoftChalk ScoreCenter Feature. Grades from your SoftChalk lessons can appear within the gradebook of your learning management system.

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Volume Purchase or Purchase Order

To take advantage of volume purchasing (or if you plan to purchase a SoftChalk Cloud account with a purchase order), please contact sal

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Your institution also has the option to purchase an Enterprise S

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If you are a SoftChalk Cloud user, see the section SoftChalk Cloud Users.
If you don't have a SoftChalk Cloud account and you are using the desktop version of SoftChalk, see the section Desktop Users.
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If you are a Canvas administrator, see the section Canvas Administrator for instructions on enabling your LTI feature to work with SoftChalk Cloud. (The LTI feature allows an instructor to integrate an LTI link for his/her SoftChalk Cloud lesson and have the student scores for that lesson go directly into the Canvas gradebook.)

Please note the URL below for this guide. As we update this guide, this URL will remain the same. https://softchalk.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/121995266/lms_canvas.pdf?api=v2

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Before selecting a link to your lesson into Canvas, you will want to decide if you want to collect scores from your students or if you want your lessons to be "practice" lessons and you don't need to collect scores. For each lesson you can decide whether or not to collect scores. Many instructors use both "scored" and "practice" lessons within a course. For details on:

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When you view your SoftChalk lesson scores within the Canvas gradebook, you are using a SoftChalk feature called the ScoreCenter. In other words, you click on the name for your lesson in the assignments area of Canvas and you see the SoftChalk ScoreCenter interface but all the scores are also "plugged into" the Canvas gradebook. In Canvas, students will also see their grades from SoftChalk lessons as well.
IMPORTANT: To use the ScoreCenter feature, your Canvas administrator needs to configure your system to use this feature. See the section Canvas Administrator.
With the ScoreCenter feature, you can:

  • Determine which score is the grade for the student (i.e. first, highest, most recent or average score). Attempts for all scores are viewable.
  • Determine how many times a student can go into a lesson (unlimited times or a specific number of times).
  • Get detailed scoring information for individual students (i.e. what a student did on an activity and or quiz items).
  • Change scores.
  • Update your lesson in one place (SoftChalk Cloud) and link to it in multiple sections or courses.

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At the top of the ScoreCenter, you will see a 'Class average' summary of all learners attempts on the lesson. This summary will include:

  • the total number of Learners
  • a visual representation of scores obtained
  • the overall lesson high and low scores obtained
  • total score possible
  • Scoring Method and Max Attempts setting for the lesson

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The next section will display the total number of attempts that have been made on the lesson. This section will also list Average Score and Class Percentage for the overall lesson and for each scored Activity, Quiz Popper, or Quiz Group in the lesson.
At the top, click to identify which Activity, Quiz Popper, or Quiz Group was scored in the column. The tooltip will also display the 'Question' and 'Possible Answers' for Quiz Poppers and Quiz Group questions. Each interactive will display if the 'Allow Retry' option was enabled, offering Learners another chance at the interactive to improve the score.
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Learners that have accessed the lesson will display listed at the bottom of ScoreCenter. Quickly see the number of attempts the Learner made, attempt score, and details of their attempt.
An asterisk next to score helps to easily identify scores made on a previous version of the lesson.
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The Learner made the correct answer choice and obtained full credit for the Activity, Quiz Popper, or Quiz Group.
Click on the icon to view the Quiz Poppers and Quiz Group questions and Possible Answers, score, and the Learner chosen answer choice.

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The Learner made the incorrect answer choice and did not obtain any score for the Activity, Quiz Popper, or Quiz Group.
Click on the icon to view the Quiz Poppers and Quiz Group questions, Possible Answers, score, and the Learner chosen answer choice.

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The Learner obtained a partial score for the Activity, Quiz Popper, or Quiz Group by making correct and incorrect answer selections.
Click on the icon to view the Quiz Poppers and Quiz Group questions, Possible Answers, score, and the Learner chosen answer choice.

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The Learner did not make or 'Complete' an attempt on the Activity, Quiz Popper, or Quiz Group.
To 'Complete' Quiz Poppers and Quiz Groups, the Check Answers button must be clicked. An Activity will automatically 'Complete' once the Learner finishes the activity. Learners can also click the Complete Activity icon to manually 'Complete' and obtain partial credit.


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To have your student scores appear within the Canvas gradebook area (i.e. ScoreCenter interface), you need to:

  • Save your lesson into your SoftChalk Cloud account (see the section Save a Lesson or Course to the Cloud in the SoftChalk Cloud Guide).
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  • View or change your students' scores (see the section View or Change Scores).
  • If you plan to collect and/or score essays, see the section Essays.

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  1. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course (see below).

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  1. Scroll down your screen to the Submission Type area and confirm the External Tool is selected. In the Enter or find and External Tool URL field, click Find.
  2. Select the SoftChalk Link Selector.

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  1. Click on a folder listed to open the folder.

NOTE: If you are a first-time user, you may need to enter your SoftChalk username/password credentials.

  1. Click on a lesson within the folder to select.

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  1. Click Preview to view a preview of the SoftChalk lesson selected.
  2. Click Select for LTI Link to automatically insert the SoftChalk lesson LTI link into the Configure External Tool URL field. Click Select.

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At the bottom, click Save & Publish if you are ready for your students to use your lesson (see below). (If you are still working on your lesson, then click Save. Later you can publish the link.)
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  1. Be sure to see the next section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts.

If you do not see the SoftChalk Link Selector tool, your Canvas administrator may not have enabled this feature. However, the administrator may have enabled the LTI/ScoreCenter feature within your LMS. Please see the below FAQ if you are unable to use the Link Selector tool.
My institution does not have the Link Selector tool enabled. How can I add my scored SoftChalk Cloud lesson to Canvas?

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You will need to set the scoring method (i.e. first attempt, most recent attempt, average attempt or highest attempt) and the maximum attempts allowed (unlimited or a specific number of attempts).
All the student attempts will be collected and you can view all the attempts for each student for each lesson. You can change the scoring method and maximum attempts at any point. If you want to allow your students only one attempt for the lesson, you need to set that option right away.

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  1. Click on name of your lesson in the assignments area (see below).

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  1. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course from the Courses menu at the left. At the left, click Assignments (see below).

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A quick check of the Status icons helps to identify learner attempts that successfully completed the attempt by clicking on the Finish button on the last page.

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  • An incomplete attempt displays an Image Added icon. This indicates the learner began an attempt, but did not 'Complete' the attempt by clicking the Finish button on the last page. IMPORTANT: Instructors can manually 'Complete' individual and/or all incomplete attempts using the Actions menu. See the section Complete All Attempts for All Students for a Lesson below.

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  1. Notice you can view detailed information about this attempt at the bottom.

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  1. If you need to change the score for an attempt, use the Actions menu to select Change Score from the dropdown.

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  1. Enter a new score and click Change Score (see below). IMPORTANT: An attempt has to be complete before you can change the score.

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  1. Notice that you also have the option to Clear an attempt (see below). If you clear an attempt, it will not count as part of the grade calculation. If needed, you can also Restore the attempt.

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  1. Notice that you also have the option to Complete an attempt (see below). If a student starts a lesson but neglects to click the Finish button at the end of the lesson, then that attempt is incomplete. An incomplete attempt does not count as part of the grade calculation. You can cause the attempt to be completed so that the score for the attempt is part of the grade calculation.

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You have the option to complete all attempts for all students for a lesson. You may find that your students have neglected to complete their attempts (i.e. they have neglected to click Finish on the last page of the lesson – clicking Finish sends a completion status to the gradebook).
IMPORTANT: You may want to do this procedure after the availability of your lesson has expired.
IMPORTANT: This procedure cannot be undone. (You can change individual scores or re-open individual attempts if you need to.)

  1. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course.
  2. Go to the area where you have your content or assignments.
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If you use essays in your lesson, you can view the essays within the ScoreCenter area (see the previous section View or Change Scores). Please note the following important information.

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(You may want to explain the above process to your students; as mentioned, you also have the option to assign 0 points to an essay if you like.)

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If you go to the Gradebook area in Canvas, you can see that the scores from your lessons (using the LTI Link and external tool – see the previous section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Attempts) appear in your Canvas Gradebook. (If you want to view or change scores for individual student attempts, see the section View or Change Scores.)
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  1. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course from the Courses menu at the left (see below).

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  1. At the left, click Grades (see below).

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  1. View your students' results (see below). (You may need to scroll to find your lesson listed.)

IMPORTANT: If you want to change the grade or change your scoring method (most recent score, first score, etc.), please see the section Set the Scoring Method and Maximum Number of Attempts.
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This section explains how to have your students access "practice" SoftChalk lessons. In other words, you don't plan to collect student scores from these lessons. [You can have items that have points assigned to them within your lesson, but if you want to collect the scores, see the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).]

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  2. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course (see below).

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  1. At the left, click Assignments (see below).

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  1. Click on a + sign to add your LTI link (see below).

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  1. Enter a Name for your assignment and click More Options (see below).

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  1. In the top box, click the SoftChalk Link Selector icon in the tool bar (see below).

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  1. Click on a folder listed to open.

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  1. Click on a lesson within the folder to select.
  2. Select Embed (or Hyperlink) to add the SoftChalk lesson selected to your course and click Select.


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  1. You will see the lesson appear within the Canvas HTML editor. (see below). If Hyperlink was selected, the linked lesson name will appear in the Canvas HTML editor.

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  1. Scroll down and double-check your settings. (You can put in dates if you like.) Make sure the points match up with the number of points in the lesson.

At the bottom, click Save & Publish if you are ready for your students to use your lesson (see below). (If you are still working on your lesson, then click Save. Later you can publish the link.)
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If the Link Selector tool is not enabled, please see the below FAQ for steps to place your non-scored lesson in Canvas.
My institution does not have the Link Selector tool enabled. How can I add my non-scored SoftChalk Cloud lesson to Canvas?

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IMPORTANT: If you edit a lesson that has scored items and you have pasted an LTI Link for this lesson into Canvas, we recommend the scoring for your lesson remain the same if students have started taking this lesson.

  1. Log into your SoftChalk Cloud account.
  2. Click My Content/My Lessons and Courses.
  3. Open the folder that contains your lesson. Click on the name of your lesson.
  4. Scroll down to the bottom right under Lesson Actions and click Edit Lesson in SoftChalk Create.
  5. Make changes and choose File/Save to SoftChalk Cloud. (If you click the Save icon, you are saving your lesson temporarily to your local computer.)
  6. Double-check that your lesson is selected in the file tree at the right. Click Save. Click OK at the screen saying your item will be replaced. Click OK at the screen saying your lesson was saved to SoftChalk Cloud. Click Close. Choose File/Quit if you want to quit SoftChalk Create. (For more details on editing, see the section Edit a Lesson in the SoftChalk
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  7. Your lessons will be automatically updated with any changes in all linked instances within Canvas.

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Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons

You can collaborate with other instructors to create your SoftChalk lessons using a SoftChalk Cloud account (or a trial SoftChalk Cloud account). Within SoftChalk Create, you can publish your lesson to your SoftChalk Cloud account. Another instructor [also using SoftChalk Create and a SoftChalk Cloud account (or a trial SoftChalk Cloud account)] can access and edit the lesson you published.
IMPORTANT: Simultaneous work in the same lesson is not supported. In other words, one person should be working on the lesson at a time. (If two or more people are making changes to the same lesson at the same time and saving the lesson to the Cloud, they may end up overwriting each other's changes.)
For more details, see the section Collaborate with Other Instructors on SoftChalk Lessons in the SoftChalk Cloud

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The steps below are for your Canvas administrator to enable the LTI/ScoreCenter feature for your Canvas server. For details on the LTI/ScoreCenter feature, see the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).
As a Canvas administrator to use the ScoreCenter feature, you need to register with SoftChalk and configure the ScoreCenter for your system.

  1. Please contact help@softchalk.com and provide the following information to register with SoftChalk and receive authentication credentials (i.e. an OAuth Consumer Key and an OAuth Consumer Secret).If you have a test server and a production server, you may send us two LMS URLs and we will register both of them. (You will receive a separate email with a unique key and secret for each registered URL.)
    1. Your institution name
    2. LMS URL
    3. First Name (optional) of the person registering with us
    4. Last Name (optional) of the person registering with us
    5. Email for this registration (the email can be a specific person's email or a generic email such as lmsadmin@myinstitution.edu)
  2. After registering, you will receive an email from SoftChalk with information to enter into your Canvas system (see the steps below).
  3. Log into your Canvas administrator account. Under the Admin menu and click on the name of your institution (see below).

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  1. At the bottom left, click Settings (see below).

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  1. Select Apps tab and then select View App Configurations. Then select Add App (see below).

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  1. Fill in the information on this screen (see the next page) by copying the information from the email you received from SoftChalk after you registered.
    1. Choose Paste XML as the Configuration Type.

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    1. Enter both the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret. Consumer Secret in the email is the same as Shared Secret on this screen. IMPORTANT- Make sure to delete the extra space picked up at the end of the key and secret after you copy paste that information from the SoftChalk email.
    2. Click on the link below to download the XML file. Copy/Paste the XML into the text entry field in Canvas when setting up the tool. Click Submit.


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  1. The SoftChalk Link Selector will then be listed under External Apps. Click on the Gear icon to the right of the SoftChalk Link Selector listed.

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  1. Choose Edit.

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  1. Enter softchalkcloud.com in the Domain field.

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  1. Click Submit.
  2. Test an LTI Link to see that grades go into the Canvas gradebook by following the steps in the section Scored Lessons (Cloud Users).

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account while logged into Canvas and taking a lesson, then the scores won't be recorded.)
As a Canvas administrator, you can enable the LTI/ScoreCenter feature for your Canvas server without using the SoftChalk Link Selector Tool. Please see the FAQ:
Instead of using the Link Selector tool, can I still enable the LTI/ScoreCenter feature for our Canvas server?

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IMPORTANT: As mentioned previously, we recommend using the SoftChalk Cloud ScoreCenter solution versus using SCORM. See the section ScoreCenter Overview.
IMPORTANT: Within your lesson in SoftChalk Create, be sure to assign points to each QuizPopper and Activity. (In the main editing window of your SoftChalk lesson, right-click on the QuizPopper or Activity and choose Modify QuizPopper or Modify Activity. Go to the Options tab and use the Points dropdown menu to assign points.)

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Your students can print certificates of their scores and/or your students can email you within the lesson to send their scores. The basic steps are:

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If you are uploading a zip file to Canvas, then see the next sections In SoftChalk Create: Package a Lesson and In Canvas: Upload a Zip File.

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IMPORTANT: As mentioned previously, we recommend using the SoftChalk Cloud ScoreCenter solution versus using SCORM. See the section ScoreCenter Overview.
The Canvas SCORM tool can play SCORM content and, if you wish, return a score to the Canvas gradebook.

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SCORM is hidden by default.
To add a hidden tool to your course navigation menu:
1.In your course navigation menu, click Settings.
2.On the Navigation tab, in the list of hidden tools (under "Drag items here to hide them from students"), find the desired tool, and then click the corresponding Settings (gear) icon.
3.Select Enable and, if desired, drag and drop the enabled tool to change its position in the tool list.
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  1. From your course navigation menu, select SCORM.

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  1. At the upper right, click Upload.

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3.Select the .zip file containing your SCORM package. It may take several seconds to upload the file, depending on its size; a progress bar will indicate upload status. When the process is complete, the new upload may appear at the bottom of your list of SCORM packages.
4.From the Choose import type... drop-down menu, choose to import as either a graded or ungraded assignment. Click Go.
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6.Click Save, and then click Publish to publish the assignment.
Your students will access the SCORM object via the Assignments tool. If you have made it a graded assignment, students' scores on the assignment will appear in the gradebook.

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Within SoftChalk, you can package a lesson in a .zip format. Then upload this .zip file into Canvas and unzip it. See the steps below to package a lesson in a .zip format.

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  1. Start SoftChalk Create. Within your lesson in SoftChalk Create, choose File/Package Lesson. Under Package type, choose Standard Zip. Under Track score using choose None (see below).

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  1. If you are using SoftChalk Create, select the area where you want the .zip file saved such as your Desktop. Then click OK. By default, you would save to your Documents area. With earlier versions of SoftChalk, the .zip file is saved within the lesson folder.
  2. Your packaged file has your lesson name with a .zip extension (see below). If your file extensions are not showing, you will not see the .zip at the end of the filename. Look for a folder with a zipper or package icon with your lesson name.

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  1. Log into your Canvas account and choose your course from the Courses menu at the left (see below).

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  1. At the left, click Files (see below).

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  1. At the right, click Folder (see below).

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  1. Type a name for your folder (see below) and hit the Enter key on your keyboard when you are finished (see below).

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  1. Click on the name of your newly created folder to open it (see below).

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  1. At the right, click Upload (see below).

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  1. Navigate to your zip file. Click on your .zip file to select it (see below) and click Open. (If your file extensions are not showing, you will not see the .zip at the end of the filename. Look for a folder with a zipper or package icon with your lesson name.)

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  1. Click Expand it (see below).

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  1. Wait while the file uploads (see below). Sometimes it takes a while for a zip file to upload.

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  1. The .zip file automatically unzips as it is being uploaded when you choose the Expand It option. When this process is complete, you will see your lesson folder with all the items (see below).

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  1. At the left, click Assignments (see below).

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  1. Click on a + sign to add your assignment (see below).

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  1. Enter a Name for your assignment and click More Options (see below).

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  1. In the top box, type some text such as Start Lesson. Select this text (see below).

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  1. At the right side of your screen, click Files and click the course files folder to open it (see below).

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  1. Open the folder you created previously (e.g. Eye Anatomy). Scroll down and click the index.html file for this folder (see below).

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  1. At the bottom, click Save & Publish if you are ready for your students to use your lesson (see below). (If you are still working on your lesson, then click Save. Later you can publish the link.)

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  1. Click the link for the lesson to preview it (see below).

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  1. In SoftChalk, edit and save your lesson. Package the lesson (see the section In SoftChalk: Package a Lesson).
  2. In Canvas, delete your lesson folder.
  3. Upload your lesson again (see the previous section In Canvas: Upload a Zip File.)

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Please visit our SoftChalk Support webpage. For purchase information, please contact sales@softchalk.com.

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